pollis

English

Alternative forms

• polis

Etymology

From the Standard English police, compare Scots polis.

Noun

pollis (countable and uncountable, plural pollises)

1. (uncountable, Geordie) The police.
2. (countable, Geordie) A policeman or policewoman.

References

• Bill Griffiths, editor (2004), “pollis”, in A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear: Northumbria University Press, →ISBN.

Latin

Etymology

See pollen (“fine flour”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔl.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔl.lis]

Noun

pollis m or f (genitive pollinis); third declension

1. alternative form of pollen

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pollis	pollinēs
genitive	pollinis	pollinum
dative	pollinī	pollinibus
accusative	pollinem	pollinēs
ablative	polline	pollinibus
vocative	pollis	pollinēs

References

• “pollis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pollis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,195/3.
• “pollis”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎
• “pollis”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray